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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 16, 2012Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2012, 5:05 AM CDT for Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 115 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2012, 5:05 AM CDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Aransas County, TX, Refugio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 5:44 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 Se Woodsboro, TXWATER OVER THE ROAD ON FM 1360 AND ARANSAS RIVER ROAD BETWEEN WOODSBORO AND BAYVIEW.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3768 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3768 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

310 
WGUS54 KCRP 161005
FFWCRP
TXC007-391-161200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0009.120416T1005Z-120416T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
505 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 455 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO REFUGIO COUNTY
  FROM SOUTH OF BONNIE VIEW TO NORTHWEST OF REFUGIO WITH ADDITIONAL
  THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
  MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN EARLY
  THIS MORNING.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
  SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...ARANSAS NWR...HOLIDAY BEACH...LAMAR AND
  QUINTANA. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MISSION RIVER...COPANO CREEK...BLANCO CREEK...MELON CREEK AND
  MEDIO CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 2839 9677 2842 9685 2835 9678 2827 9679
      2822 9681 2811 9692 2814 9703 2818 9703
      2815 9710 2818 9725 2828 9745 2839 9738
      2855 9715 2850 9698 2850 9689 2843 9681
      2842 9677

$$

TMT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria63 min
Apr 15, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Refugio, Victoria36 min
Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg49 min
Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPCalhoun2 hr
Apr 15, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio50 min
Apr 15, 11:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPRefugio65 min
Apr 16, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio3 hr
Apr 16, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP119 min
Apr 16, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Refugio57 min
Apr 16, 1:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun2 hr
Apr 16, 2:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPRefugio18 hr
Apr 16, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP56 min
Apr 16, 5:28 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPSan Patricio32 min
Apr 16, 5:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio118 min
Apr 16, 5:58 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio32 min
Apr 16, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio29 min
Apr 16, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen37 min
Apr 16, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio41 min
Apr 16, 7:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio113 min
Apr 16, 7:27 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio33 min
Apr 16, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio45 min
Apr 16, 8:08 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP52 min
Apr 16, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg51 min
Apr 16, 8:59 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg31 min
Apr 16, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Refugio, San Patricio43 min
Apr 16, 9:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Refugio, San Patricio118 min
Apr 16, 9:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio37 min
Apr 16, 9:29 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg31 min
Apr 16, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP64 min
Apr 16, 9:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces, Refugio, San Patricio2 hr
Apr 16, 9:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Refugio, San Patricio44 min
Apr 16, 10:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPNueces59 min
Apr 16, 10:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP81 min
Apr 16, 10:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio5 hr
Apr 16, 10:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces115 min
Apr 16, 10:58 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas32 min
Apr 16, 11:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio112 min
Apr 16, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces33 min
Apr 16, 12:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP59 min
Apr 16, 12:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces111 min
Apr 16, 12:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces2 hr
Apr 16, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces36 min
Apr 16, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP82 min
Apr 16, 1:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio6 hr
Apr 16, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP85 min
Apr 16, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP52 min
Apr 16, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP101 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.